The acclaimed creative team behind Daredevil and Black Widow, Mark Waid and Chris Samnee, take over Captain America after Nick Spencer’s atrocious run on the character - and fail to improve the title’s quality. Unfortunately the overly-politicised nature of the series - one of the main reasons why Spencer’s run was such garbage - continues.
Yup, Cap’s once again being used as the mouthpiece for far-leftist views to rail against the likes of Trump and anyone right of centre, tiresomely portrayed as neo-Nazis, here called “Rampart”. Nuclear fallout in the near future leads to a dystopian society where a corrupt king rules over the remains of America, favouring the wealthy and forcefully abusing the poor - it’s up to Cap to re-establish democracy.
The story is overly-simplistic with broad caricatures and little substance to hold the attention. It doesn’t help that there’s a deus ex machina present that you know will be used sooner rather than later so nothing that happens matters.
The other shorter, done-in-one stories are even more forgettable. Cap fights Swordsman, Cap fights Kraven, Cap fights more Rampart goons. Yawn. Generic, unimaginative, boring rubbish.
Samnee’s art is great and I enjoyed seeing Jack Kirby’s art at the end, repurposed with a new script from Waid, and Waid does write a decent Cap, capturing the spirit of the character convincingly. It’s not much though. Even putting aside the patronising politics, Captain America: Home of the Brave is as dull a read as they come.
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